A Reddit user who goes by Thainen and is claiming to be a member of the Owlcat Games Studio, has been answering Pathfinder: Kingmaker-related questions over the last couple of days. And while many of those are vague and off-topic, this being Reddit and all, we can glean a thing or two from there, regardless.

Dev here. Yes, it was our (as in, mr. Avellone's) first concern: the original is awesome, but its overall story structure is a bit jumbled. We are doing our best to keep as much as possible from the original material, while also giving it a better pacing and a more coherent storyline.

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Yes, the original campaign has problems with pacing and the overall plot presentation. You can expect a leaner, more coherent story, with most of the old encounters intact -- and some surprises as well.

We aim for high replayability. It's impossible to make a videogame as infinitely variable as a game with a living GM, but the situations player encounters will have different solutions, both peaceful and violent, with different short-term and long-term outcomes. Alignment is a major feature too, with options opening and closing depending on your current alignment and past actions.